diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index b00481c475cb..8a2e202ade8a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ static int ext4_init_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb,
 	unsigned int bit, bit_max;
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
 	ext4_fsblk_t start, tmp;
-	int flex_bg = 0;
 
 	J_ASSERT_BH(bh, buffer_locked(bh));
 
@@ -207,22 +206,19 @@ static int ext4_init_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	start = ext4_group_first_block_no(sb, block_group);
 
-	if (ext4_has_feature_flex_bg(sb))
-		flex_bg = 1;
-
 	/* Set bits for block and inode bitmaps, and inode table */
 	tmp = ext4_block_bitmap(sb, gdp);
-	if (!flex_bg || ext4_block_in_group(sb, tmp, block_group))
+	if (ext4_block_in_group(sb, tmp, block_group))
 		ext4_set_bit(EXT4_B2C(sbi, tmp - start), bh->b_data);
 
 	tmp = ext4_inode_bitmap(sb, gdp);
-	if (!flex_bg || ext4_block_in_group(sb, tmp, block_group))
+	if (ext4_block_in_group(sb, tmp, block_group))
 		ext4_set_bit(EXT4_B2C(sbi, tmp - start), bh->b_data);
 
 	tmp = ext4_inode_table(sb, gdp);
 	for (; tmp < ext4_inode_table(sb, gdp) +
 		     sbi->s_itb_per_group; tmp++) {
-		if (!flex_bg || ext4_block_in_group(sb, tmp, block_group))
+		if (ext4_block_in_group(sb, tmp, block_group))
 			ext4_set_bit(EXT4_B2C(sbi, tmp - start), bh->b_data);
 	}